THE ROLE OF SOLVENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF HYDROPHOBIC NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANE CONTAINING FUMED SILICA

1 PEER Petra
Co-authors:
2,4 PolASkovA Martina 3,4 MusilovA Lenka 1 FILIP Petr
Institutions:
1 Institute of Hydrodynamics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Pod Patankou 566 12 Prague 6, Czech Republic, EU
2 Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Vavreckova 275, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic, EU
3 Department of Physics and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Vavreckova 275, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic, EU
4 Centre of Polymer Systems, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Tr. Tomase Bati 5678, 760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic, EU
Conference:
9th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, October 18th - 20th 2017
Proceedings:
Proceedings 9th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
Pages:
193-198
ISBN:
978-80-87294-81-9
ISSN:
2694-930X
Published:
8th March 2018
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

It is well-known that a type of used fumed silica nanoparticles plays a dominant role in wettability of the corresponding nanofibrous mats. As a result, the desired contact angle can be approximately achieved by a choice of adequate fumed silica nanoparticles. However, less attention has been hitherto paid to an active role of solvents in connection with the tailoring this contact angle. For analysis we used poly(vinyl butyral) representing electrospun-friendly material, various types of fumed silica nanoparticles and two solvents - methanol and ethanol. It is demonstrated that a choice of polymer solvents plays a significant role in contact angle changes. Hence, in combination of the type of fumed silica nanoparticles and the type of solvent it is possible to achieve a finer partition of the required contact angles.

Keywords: PVB solution, solvents, fumed silica, electrospinning, rheology

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